Courses | Select Bibliography | Personal Info | Recommended Reading CoursesCMIN 5103 Understanding Mission and Culture CMIN 6333 Church and Society in America Select BibliographyBooks: Saggio, J.J. and Dempsey, J. (Eds.) (2008). American Indian College: A witness to the tribes. Springfield, MO: Gospel Publishing House. Book Chapters: Colbert, C.R.; Saggio, J.J.; and Tato, D. (2004). Enhancing the first year experience for American Indians/Alaska Natives in L.I. Rendón, M. Garcia, & D. Person (Eds.), Transforming the first year of college for students of color (Monograph No. 38). Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. 137-160. Peer Reviewed Journals: Saggio, J.J. (2009). Towards an indigenous model of Native American ministry within the Assemblies of God. Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies. 29 (1) 85-104. Saggio, J.J. (2004) Native American Christian higher education: Challenges and opportunities for the 21st century. Christian Higher Education: A Journal of Applied Research and Practice 3 (4) 329-347. Saggio, J.J. and Rendón, L.I. (2004). Persistence among American Indian/Alaska Native students at a Bible college: The importance of family, spirituality, and validation. Christian Higher Education: A Journal of Applied Research and Practice 3 (3) 223-240. Conference Papers: Saggio, J.J. (2009). “A Pentecostal response to an emerging postmodern definition of spirituality within the academy.” A scholarly paper presented at the 38th Annual Society for Pentecostal Studies at Eugene Bible College in Eugene, Oregon. March 26-28, 2009. Saggio, J. J. (2008) Alta M. Washburn: An iconoclastic Pentecostal “Trailblazer to the Tribes. Presented at the 37th Annual Society for Pentecostal Studies at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. March 13-15, 2008. Saggio, J. J. (2006) Towards an indigenous model in Native American ministry in the Assemblies of God. In Society for Pentecostal Studies: Memories of the Azusa Street Revival: Interrogations and Interpretations 35th Annual Society for Pentecostal Studies. Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. March 23-25, 2006. Parallel Session Papers. 336-343. Saggio, J.J. (2003). Validation and its impact upon institutional choice and post-first year persistence of American Indian/Alaska Native students at a Bible college. A paper presented for the Symposium: Revisiting Student Retention Theory: Employing Critical Cultural Perspectives. Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) 28th Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon. November 12-16, 2003. Saggio, J.J. and Dempsey, J. (2003). Creating positive institutional climates for American Indian/Alaska Native students. In A Collection of Papers on Self-Study and Institutional Improvement (Vol. 2 of 4) (Ed. S.E. Van Kollenburg) Chicago: The Higher Learning Commission, A Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. 117-122. Saggio, J.J. (2001). Family and its affect on institutional choice and post-freshman retention of American Indian/Alaska Native students at a Bible college. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) 26th Annual Conference in Richmond, Virginia (November 15-18, 2001). (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 460 810). Saggio, J.J. (2001). The Influence of Institutional Culture on Institutional Choice and Post-Freshman Persistence of American Indian/Alaska Native Students at a Bible College. Paper presented at The First Annual Graduate Conference on American Indian Research held at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona on February 8, 2001. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 451 978).
Book Reviews: Saggio, J.J. (2005). Catholic higher education in Protestant America: The Jesuits and Harvard in the age of the university. A book review of the book by Kathleen A. Mahoney. The Review of Higher Education (Peer-reviewed). 28 (3) 447-448.
Saggio, J.J. (2004). Futuring: Leading your church into tomorrow. A book review of the book by Samuel R. Chand and Cecil Murphey, Enrichment: A Journal for Pentecostal Ministry. 9 (4), 181-182. Saggio, J.J. (2003). Boomers, Xers, and Other Strangers: A book review of the book by Rick and Kathy Hicks, Enrichment: A Journal for Pentecostal Ministry 8 (4), 130.
General Articles: Saggio, J.J. (2010, In Press). A brief history of Italian Pentecostalism in America. Assemblies of God Heritage. Assemblies of God Heritage 29 (1) Saggio, J.J. (2009). Alta M. Washburn: Iconoclastic Pentecostal “trailblazer” to the tribes. Encounter: A Journal for Pentecostal Ministry. 6 (1)[E-Journal] Available at: http://www.agts.edu/encounter/articles/2009summer/saggio.htm Saggio, J.J. (2008). American Indian College: 50 years and still going strong. Today’s Pentecostal Evangel (September 14, 2008) No. 4923, 24. Saggio, J.J. (2007). Creating a climate of diversity and inclusiveness within a small college setting. DiversityBusiness.com Magazine 1 (2) 10-14. Saggio, J.J. (2007). Alta M. Washburn: “Trail-blazer” to the tribes. Assemblies of God Heritage. 27 (1)28-33 Saggio, J.J. (2004). Assemblies of God higher educational institutions: A means to develop the indigenous church model among Native Americans. Encounter: A Journal for Pentecostal Ministry 1 (2) [E-Journal] Saggio, J.J. (2003). Revitalization through lifelong learning. Enrichment: A Journal for Pentecostal Ministry, 8 (1) 47 Personal InfoPrior to our arrival at Northwest University in June of 2008, Nancy and I served as missionary/educators at the American Indian College of the Assemblies of God in Phoenix, Arizona, a regionally accredited Bible college affiliated with the General Council of the Assemblies of God. I served on the faculty and administration there from 1994-2008 and most recently was the Dean of Institutional Assessment and Chair of General Education. Previously, I served for twelve years as the College’s Academic Dean. I also had the privilege of working as the Phoenix Branch Campus Director for the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary based in Springfield, Missouri while also teaching for them as an adjunct professor. Before AIC I was involved in pastoral ministry for ten years serving three years as a youth pastor followed by seven as a senior pastor, both in “sunny southern California.” My specific research interests are quite broad and interdisciplinary and include issues related to diversity and sociological marginalization of Native Americans in higher education, church leadership, missions. I am also interested with the nexus of Christian spirituality with higher education and also continue to cultivate a growing interest in modern Pentecostalism as well as how the church interfaces with culture. I have contributed to a number of publications in Higher Education, Theology, and Business including: The Review of Higher Education, Christian Higher Education: A Journal of Applied Research and Practice, Encounter: A Journal for Pentecostal Ministry, Enrichment: A Journal for Pentecostal Ministry, Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, and DiversityBusiness.com I was the senior editor of American Indian College: A Witness to the Tribes, a work released in 2008 through Gospel Publishing House that chronicles the first fifty years of American Indian College through a number of reflective essays and historical chapters. My listings include Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Education, Strathmore’s Who’s Who, as well as America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals. By God’s grace I have had the privilege of speaking at over 300 churches around the world and at educational and theological conferences and lectures at colleges and universities on issues related to Native Americans in higher education, church leadership, and missions. I am also a member of the Native American Fellowship of the Assemblies of God (NAF), the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), and the Society for Pentecostal Studies (SPS). I have been an ordained minister since 1984 and in addition to my teaching and administrative responsibilities at Northwest University, continue to hold appointment as a nationally appointed US Missionary to Native Americans with the General Council of the Assemblies of God. My wife Nancy, is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC), an approved clinical supervisor (ACS), and is an adjunct professor in Psychology here at Northwest University teaching with the LEAP program, and has also done consulting work within the behavioral health community when we were in Arizona. We have two daughters: Rachelle Lynn (21) and Leah Nicole (19). We also have a son-in-law Brandon Owens who is married to Rachelle. We are expecting our first grandchild through them in late February 2010. Nancy and I enjoy music, travel, reading, entertaining friends and great coffee—we are very honored and excited to be a part of the Northwest University community! Recommended Reading:Church, Missional Leadership, and Organizational Leadership: Reframing Organizations, Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal Pentecostalism: Azusa Street, Frank Bartleman Higher Education: Native American Higher Education in the United States, Cary Michael Carney Theological Higher Education: Theological Education Matters: Leadership Education for the Church, Linda Cannell Missiology: Called and Empowered, Murray W. Dempster, Byron D. Klaus, Douglas Peterson (Eds.) Theological Reconciliation: Exclusion and Embrace, Miroslav Volf |
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